Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The organization, which promotes independence for people with disabilities, is looking for new sites to send the three employees and 25 volunteers who worked at the Brookfield shop.
It seemed that things couldn’t get much worse Thursday after five feet of water from the torrential storms flooded into the Helping Hand Thrift Shop in Brookfield. But at about 11 p.m., a fire started in the shop, the proceeds of which benefit the Helping Hand Center for people with disabilities. “It completely wiped out pretty much the entire shop,” said Julie Bosso, director of marketing for the Countryside-based nonprofit. The physical loss of the community’s generous donations is tough, Bosso said. But the real tragedy, she said, is how the fire stripped away a shop that served as a second home for three employees and 25 volunteers, most of whom have developmental disabilities. “The thing we hold very dear is that it served as a …
Friday, April 19, 2013
No one was at the shop at the time of the fire, which broke out around 11 p.m. Thursday.
Fire caused extensive damage Thursday night to Helping Hand Thrift Shop, 6726 Grand Blvd. in Brookfield, according to a news release. No one was in the building when the fire broke out around 11 p.m. "It was a devastating fire," Brookfield Fire Chief Patrick Lenzi told the Riverside-Brookfield Landmark. "Every piece of merchandise on the first floor was consumed." The shop is closed and unable to accept donation items, but financial contributions are being accepted at 708-352-3580 or hhcenter.org. “This will not stop us from continuing to serve our clients and fulfill our mission of assisting persons with developmental disabilities achieve their highest level of independence through quality programs and services,” said Mary Beth Hepp, …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Smoke and fire will appear at the La Grange Country Club anytime between March 29 and May 1 as part of a prescribed burn.
Smoke will soon rise from the landscape of the La Grange Country Club, but that’s all part of a plan, according to a notice from Tallgrass Restoration. The ecological restoration company will be burning prairie grass at the club sometime between March 29 and May 1, the notice said. The fire will be a controlled burn conducted following Illinois Environmental Protection Agency rules. Trained Tallgrass staff will carry out the fire, ensuring that flames don’t spread where they shouldn’t. Tallgrass requires the wide window of possible dates because it must set the fires only under ideal weather conditions. Prairie grass burns help maintain healthy growth, benefiting both the plants themselves and animals who rely on them, according to the …
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
La Grange, Western Springs and La Grange Park departments all responded to the fire; the woman was revived on the scene by Hinsdale firefighters and was transported to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital.
Updated at 11:37 a.m. The Bruner Street home that went up in flames early Thursday morning was equipped with smoke detectors, but it is not known if they were in working condition when the fire started, The Doings reported. The paper is also reporting that the residents' dog was killed in the fire and that the home is currently "uninhabitable." 10:26 a.m. The woman who was rescued from a burning home in the 900 block of South Bruner Street early Thursday morning was in "critical" condition when she was transported to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale Fire Chief Rick Ronovsky said. "The last we heard, she was in the intensive care unit," Ronovsky said around 10:15 a.m. According to the chief, the woman who was revived by firefighters …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
The cause of the fire, which took place in southeast Hinsdale, is unknown at this point, a fire department release said.
A garage fire in southeast Hinsdale Saturday evening did an estimated $70,000 in damage but resulted in only minor injuries for the homeowner, according to a Hinsdale Fire Department release sent out Sunday. Around 5:33 p.m. Southwest Central Dispatch got a call from the owner of the house at 28 E. 57th St. reporting a fire in her garage. "The first arriving Hinsdale Fire Department unit reported a fully involved attached garage fire with flames and heavy smoke coming from the front of the garage," the release reads. "Upon hearing this information, Captain Kevin Votava upgraded the response to a box alarm, which brought additional mutual aid companies to the scene to assist Hinsdale fire crews." A swift response of the initial crew on the …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Answer: a controlled burn in the Cook County Forest Preserve along La Grange Road.
If following the Chicago Bears' 51-20 shellacking of the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, you happened to wander outside of a home in the La Grange/Western Springs area and looked to the south, you might have noticed a massive plume of smoke rising high into the afternoon sky not too far away. We noticed, too—so we went and had a look. Turned out there was a predicated controlled burn being conducted by the Cook County Forest Preserve in the area around Suttonbush Slough, west of La Grange Road and south of 95th Street. (The area is also called Pulaski Woods and the Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve, and is part of the Paw Paw Woods Nature Preseve, according to Google Maps.) The flames were actually really impressive; the burn came all the way …
Friday, August 3, 2012
The Park District of La Grange could start installing the new playground at Elm Park as soon as Aug. 13. A fire destroyed much of the playground earlier in July.
The Park District of La Grange has announced that new playground equipment for Elm Park has been ordered and is on its way. On July 8, at about 11:05 p.m., the La Grange Fire Department was alerted to a fire at the park, possibly caused by fireworks. The fire subsequently caused $75,000 worth of damage to playground equipment as the blaze melted about half of the playground and burned woodchips. Dean Bissias, executive director of the park district, said he expects the new equipment for the playground to be delivered by Aug. 9 with installation beginning by Aug. 13 at the earliest. "We're replacing the equipment exactly as it was," Bissias said. Bissias said the park district did not have an exact timeline for how long the installation …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The La Grange Park Fire Department extinguished a two-garage fire on the 300 block of Catherine Avenue on Monday.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Firefighters in La Grange Park were called to the 300 block of Catherine Avenue and the 300 block of Ashland Avenue in La Grange Park on Monday morning around 6 a.m. for a report of two unattached garages on fire. A passerby reported the fires to the department on a mobile phone and called the department after spotting them. When firefighters arrived at the home on Ashland Avenue, residents were attempting to get their property out of the garage. Residents at the home on Catherine Avenue were unaware of the fire prior to firefighters arriving. Fighting the fire was momentarily delayed over concern that live wires on an overhead electrical line may have been damaged. After the situation was assessed, both fires were fought with water from …
Monday, April 23, 2012
The La Grange Park Fire Department was given early warning of a possible fire at Fifth-Third Bank on Sunday night thanks to the village's automatic fire alarm system.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
La Grange Park Fire Chief Dean Maggos credited the village's automatic fire alarm system with giving firefighters early warning of a possible fire at Fifth-Third Bank, 454 Sherwood Ave., in La Grange Park. Upon arrival at the bank at 5:22 p.m. on Sunday night, firefighters could not see any apparent problems within. After gaining access to the bank, firefighters discovered a smoke detector had been activated near a basement mechanical room. Firefighters found smoke coming from burning and melting electrical cords, and shut down power to prevent further overheating. The village's automatic fire alarm system is connected directly to the fire department. Even though no personnel were in the building, Maggos said in a press release, the system…
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Firefighters in La Grange Park responded to a basement fire on Maple Avenue on Friday night.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
A basement fire on the 1500 block of Maple Avenue in La Grange Park was reported to the La Grange Park Fire Department at 7:01 p.m. on Friday night, with crews on the scene by 7:04 p.m. The occupants of the house were on the first floor when they noticed smoke coming from a furnace vent and left the home. Upon arrival, firefighters noticed smoke coming from the basement. The initial fire officer on the scene deployed a fire suppressant in the basement using one of the village's Dry Sprinkler Powdered Aerosol (DSPA) devices. The devices work like a fire extinguisher and are designed to be thrown into a fire. December. They are carried in the La Grange Park fire chief and duty officer's vehicles, as well as both ambulances to be used if the …
Shevawn Weber
4:59 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
I agree with you, Marti. Helping Hand has been a real service to the community. more ›